Chapter 127: The Power of Fan Xu in the Starry Void!

"Transition initiated!"

Accompanied by Xiao Xue's voice as the ship's spirit, the control room shook violently; Zhang Yunlu mobilized her Foundation Establishment true qi to shield herself, gripping the handrails tightly.

A blinding white light flashed before her eyes! The next second, the starship seemed torn apart and instantly reassembled.

Hum~!

The piercing hum persisted, numbing her soul, the immense overload pressure crushing the hull into groans of strain and pinning her firmly to her seat.

The scene before her twisted and warped into flowing colored lines, as if she were inside a mad abstract painting—if viewed from outside, the starship's thick armor was now covered in bright pale-blue array patterns, outlining a mysterious diagram—the teleportation array.

The transition engine paired with the teleportation array greatly extends transition range and conserves energy to some degree, which is why it's now standard for interstellar travel.

Countless qi were drawn in by the array patterns, visibly forming a qi tide, like the starship trailing behind it bright white ribbons.

The energy wings on both sides and the particle streams from the rear thrusters grew even brighter.

In a flash of white light, the starship seemed to instantly become a slender beam of light, vanishing into the dim void of space.

……

……

The humming in her ears gradually faded; Zhang Yunlu kept her eyes shut, her face pale from the sensation of being torn apart and reassembled.

But her complexion looked better than when the Star Transition Array had first activated.

"Transition successful!"

"Arrived at the Western Star Region, Huiyu Star System, Hui Ming Third Star System."

"External hull coating loss: 0.3%. Normal!"

"Transition engine overheated; cooldown complete in twelve hours!"

"All system modules self-checked; no anomalies!"

Did it work?

Zhang Yunlu slowly opened her eyes to see Chi Jiuyu standing before her, holding a black bag.

"How's it going? Want more?"

Zhang Yunlu gave a slight shake of her head; though she felt too sick to speak, her stomach wasn't churning like last time.

"Alright, let me tell you about the state of the Hui Ming Third Star System."

Chi Jiuyu waved his hand, and a beam of light projected a scene before Zhang Yunlu.

The image showed a star system with nine planets orbiting a star, its outer perimeter enclosed by a spherical shell with honeycomb-like Kong Dong.

At the interconnected nodes, tiny glimmers flickered—collected energy.

"See these light points? After processing, they become the energy source for the starship's interstellar travel."

The image zoomed inward, revealing the inner surface of the shell inscribed with radiant, flowing runes; strands of spiritual light extended from each rune, weaving into a net that nearly enveloped the entire star system.

The nine planets orbited the star, each like a gem woven from azure and emerald hues—every one a life-bearing planet! "Originally, only the fourth planet in the Hui Ming Third Star System was life-bearing," Chi Jiuyu continued.

"One of our Miscellaneous Affairs Hall's cultivation-to-Heaven elders saw the system's favorable conditions and personally deployed a grand array, transforming the other planets one by one."

"You know Foundation Establishment spiritual liquid, right? The spiritual herbs planted on these nine planets are used to brew it—this star system alone produces enough annually to meet the Foundation Establishment needs of every Qi Condensation cultivator within the Central Continent's Xiang Jianzong."

And that's not all.

Just for this category of star systems growing Foundation-level spiritual herbs, the Xiang Jianzong possesses 372 in the Western Star Region alone!

Of course, Chi Jiuyu's current realm doesn't yet comprehend this.

"So much… resources?" Zhang Yunlu's voice was dry. She was beginning to understand why the Xiang Jianzong's disciples enjoyed such generous benefits.

"Of course." The image zoomed further, arriving at their destination—the fourth planet.

Vast fields of lush, thriving spiritual herbs stretched endlessly.

"Many on the Central Continent claim resources are scarce—that's pure nonsense."

The star regions are vast; resources have never been lacking—at least not at this stage!

What's lacking are talents like you—peerless geniuses who crush their peers and may one day reach cultivation-to-Heaven or beyond! "Anyway, once we land on the fourth planet, you'll feel it for yourself."

The transition engine was still cooling, but the teleportation array could still be used—two short-range teleports would get them there.

Just as Chi Jiuyu was about to activate the teleportation array—

Beep—! A piercing alarm blared, red lights flashing incessantly.

A translucent pale-blue screen flashed a line of blood-red text.

【WARNING! Received an urgent notification from the Hui Ming Third Star System!】

A low, solemn voice echoed through the communication channel.

"This is the Hui Ming Third Star System."

"I am the system's Garrison Commander, Fan Xu realm Yang Xiao."

"This star system has been invaded by biological weapons. In three minutes, I will manifest my Dharma Body. All human cultivators nearby, evacuate immediately!"

Huh? What's going on now? Zhang Yunlu stared at the projected image—there was no anomaly visible.

Chi Jiuyu noticed: "Don't look. We're still five light-years from the Hui Ming Third Star System. The starship's footage is all from the past."

Five light-years—meaning the images she was seeing happened five years ago.

"Should I say you're lucky or unlucky, Xiao Yunlu? On your first trip into space, you run into something like this!" Chi Jiuyu marveled. "Quick! Activate the 'Virtual Projection Observation System'!"

The newly installed system module was already being used! Emm…

Come to think of it, wasn't the master counting on this? That's why he granted me special access?

Hum~—it felt just like the Star Simulation Training Ground: the space before her twisted unnaturally.

Then darkness—then blinding light! A searing Jin Guang drowned everything before her.

"Blinded! Adjust the index! Change the viewpoint!"

Clearly, Chi Jiuyu hadn't escaped it either.

The blinding golden light finally faded, and Zhang Yunlu's vision gradually cleared, but the sight before her left her utterly stunned.

It was a golden light Dharma Aspect spanning across the star system—two-headed, four-armed, wielding twin swords, grasping thunder and fire, like an immortal deity—slowly stretching itself open.

Merely the act of stretching its body caused planets to crumble one after another; even stars, at this moment, seemed like fireflies, as if they could be snuffed out at any time.

And before this incomparably majestic Dharma Aspect, a wisp of purple light spread across a shattered planet, and from within it leapt a terrifying giant serpent.

Its body was no less vast than the golden light Dharma Aspect; its two eyes resembled two burning stars, and between the gaps of its scales, a ghostly purple light flickered and rose and fell.

It threw back its head and hissed at the sky; though its voice could not be heard, the terrifying waves surged like tides, layer upon layer, instantly spreading across the entire star system, and the fragments of those shattered planets, swept through by it, were directly shaken into fine particles.

The word "catastrophe" seemed inadequate to describe the scene before them.

This was neither a demon race nor a star beast, but something unique to the star battlefield, its name being…

Bio-weapon!

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